79 AE70 Corolla from NZ

[Farintosh]

Absolutely love it. Every little change makes me giddy haha
Keep it up man!

[AE70]

And she's gone! I'm thinking that I can have the car running by the time I get it back. There's actually a lot less to do than I thought. I have ordered a heap of red horse braid and fittings which should be here next week and the cars off getting a Link G4 Storm wired up.



Also, oil cap was the best investment (cost a stupid amount of money, #trdtax)! Looks amazing (personal opinion)

[AE70]

I'd love some massive 13s but tyre sizes are limited. It's looking like I'll go 14x8 with 195/45/14s, New Zealand had pretty strict tyre size laws and I want this legal. Thinking about going for bolt ons.

Which rear wing is that?

The grill emblem isn't a legit one, remade it.

[corolllin]

very curious too see how that rear wing turns out.

glad to see another E7 corolla owner on here!!!
nice car man! but you need some fat 13s!!!

send me that grill emblem!!!

[AE70]

Those headers are beautiful!

Few questions..
Why do you have such huge pulleys and belt?
Are you going with a rwd or fwd cooling flow?
Why did you choose to relocate the distributor instead of cop?
And are you using a blacktop ecu or a standalone?

I love your car, and we're Silvertop buddies.

The pulley kit is purely cosmetic, it came with the motor when I bought it. Search Gilmer Belts on YouTube, you'll see why people run them. Normally I wouldn't, but they cost $500 new and it was free.
I bought a cooling kit which means there's no water hoses running on the exhaust side of the motor. It was quite expensive but it makes every super tidy and easy.
I was originally going to run a blacktop ecu so went with the relocated dizzy, now that I'm running a stand alone (Link G4 Storm) I will run coil packs.
Stand alone, because it will make full use of the tuned headers and mean that I can do any engine work later on and just have it retuned rather than need to rewire if I chose to go stand alone later on.

[SheaMoose]

Those headers are beautiful!

Few questions..
Why do you have such huge pulleys and belt?
Are you going with a rwd or fwd cooling flow?
Why did you choose to relocate the distributor instead of cop?
And are you using a blacktop ecu or a standalone?

I love your car, and we're Silvertop buddies.

[AE70]

I got some 16x9.5 and I was also considering running semi slicks but its my daily would like to know your opinion ,also the car is sick

This isn't going to be a daily so im quite happy to run semis, it will generally only come out in the dry. I had a friend who ran semis for a while which was fine most of the time but did say they weren't ideal in the wet.

You could do it quite easily, and you'd look like a mad c*nt every day!

[oprahhwinfreyy]

god man brilliant work. i love this build so much. i love lip and the works.

[axelillo_PR]

I got some 16x9.5 and I was also considering running semi slicks but its my daily would like to know your opinion ,also the car is sick

[M M]

This is going really well. Would love to see it on some fat tyres too. Nothing better than the look of slicks in my opinion.

[SLAMMED_C]

wow.. what an awesome corolla.. love the old school jap rides.
looks killer man. beautiful engine bay too, those headers look tits!

[AE70]

Nothing too exciting yet. But I've been tossing up about what wheels/tyres I want to run. I'm almost set on 14s and semi's but its difficult to find semis in sizes that won't look too bulky and still be legal.

I'm thinking about 14x7.5 and 14x7 0 offset with 205/55/14 R888s, I love the look of a decent tyre. I borrowed a mates 15x8 wheels with full slicks for a test fit, and I love it! Although these are a lot bigger than I want, you get the idea.



Oh and engine bay shot

[AE70]

Got the car back today, so stoked with how it all came out! I've also put in the rear suspension, will get some decent photos of that when i can, but in the mean time...

[Funtington]

i would marry this car.

me first!

[montgomery]

I would marry this car.